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owned

v.
A2 Elementary US //ˈoʊnd// UK //ˈəʊnd// owned

v. to have something that belongs to you because you bought it or someone gave it to you.

v. to possess something as property; to have legal title or right to an object or entity.


SIMPLE

She has owned this car for over ten years.

CONTEXTUAL

The family has owned the local bakery for three generations and remains a staple of the community.

COMPLEX

Although the corporation officially owned the land, local residents maintained that they held ancestral rights to the water sources located within the property boundaries.

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The verb is transitive and typically used in the active voice to denote possession.

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